Ekin Cheng is a generation of male gods that many people once liked. Everyone knows him and cannot do without his movie "Young and Dangerous."
But in fact, he debuted very early, while filming on TVB TV series, while singing, good looks, singing is good, and filmed some well-received TV series, the popularity foundation is enough, which made director Wang Jing a glance I missed him and asked him to make a movie.
signed a total of five movies at the time. Unfortunately, the first four did not make him popular. It happened that the last movie made him a hit. Now everyone knows that this movie is "Young and Dangerous."
So people are sometimes destined. If this movie is not popular, Ekin Cheng may go back to filming TV, and it is impossible to have an Iraqi face that affects a generation, so popular that it can threaten the existence of the four kings. Up.
Since then, Ekin Cheng has become popular in the true sense, making movies, releasing albums, and holding concerts, and he has reached the peak of his life in just a few years. Of course, for the mainland audience, more of them still watch his movies.
has fewer Mandarin songs, most of them in Cantonese, so there are not many fans in the Mainland, but the number of fans in Hong Kong was enough to compete with Andy Lau.
At the peak of his life, in addition to the "Young and Dangerous" series, his classic movies include "Wind and Cloud", "Heroes of China", "The Legend of Shushan", "The Battle of the Forbidden City", all of which are special effects blockbusters. The box office also tends to sell well. That's why the best special effects in China were given to Ekin Cheng.
But for mainland audiences, the most familiar and favorite is still the "Young and Dangerous" series of movies. In the
movie, Chen Haonan has become an idol in the hearts of young people. Some people even imitate it in real life, leading to a miserable life. In a sense, although "Young and Dangerous" is very popular with everyone, it also has its negative influence, because most of the Hong Kong films published in those years were young people, and they were in a stage where it was easy to imitate bad habits. For some people who understand it wrong, it can be said that it has opened the door to a new world.
Later, Ekin Cheng said that he regretted making this film. Although this film brought his acting career to the pinnacle, it also had a bad influence and even caused social resistance.
and wise Andy Lau foresaw all this very early and decisively rejected the film.
But there is no if in life, nor can I regret it.
Ekin Cheng at his peak obviously wanted to do something to make up for it. Finally, in 2001, he shot the movie "The Nine Dragons Ice Room", which is also a young and Dangerous boy. In this film, he played the outdated boss Jiuwenlong who was abandoned by the society. , Staged a scene of the prodigal son turning his head back, and highlighted the sadness that people can't help being in the rivers and lakes. With this film, he was shortlisted for the best actor in the Academy Awards for the first time. From the side, it is also the first recognition of his actor status in Hong Kong film circles.
This film is also equivalent to a perfect ending for his "Young and Dangerous" career.
Unfortunately, after this film, Ekin Cheng’s peak career seems to have come to an end. Since then, the movies he starred in have lost money at the box office, even for major productions like "The Legend of Shu".
For a while, Ekin Cheng became the "box office poison" of the film industry. After going through various transformations to no avail, he went back to film TV series, but it was of no use. Although there are still many loyal fans in China today, he still He can no longer return to the top like he once did, and more often only his feelings are supported.
Therefore, Ekin Cheng’s peak began with Chen Haonan and ended with the nine-stripe dragon.
